The other night I was at my mom's place and as usual, she was busy watching all the evening soaps. I knew that all the answers to my questions would be monosyllabic! Resigned to a fate of going along with the flow, I too began watching the soap along with her. It was the usual family melodrama, with the grandma competing with the grand daughter in looking young, with the men all having the same dumb-macho looks and the weird relationships that they portrayed. After a while, instead of watching the TV, I was busy observing my mom. I began asking her questions about the various characters and she answered them in detail. She had an opinion on the behavior of every character and their present situation. I wondered if my mom's increased dramatic reactions to some mundane situations were due to her constant and vigilant watching of these soaps?
All around me, at my work place, at the food market, at family parties- the presence of the ghost of these soaps are becoming more and more apparent. I really don't know when my friends are discussing real life problems or reel life problems. I tried watching but could sit only through the first commercial break!
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